PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Dalmazo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Venables (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Felipe Dalmazo has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Felipe Dalmazo seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Dalmazo
vs
Venables

177 cm
25
195 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

188 cm
19
200 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Felipe Dalmazo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joseph Venables!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Peter Branson and Dirk Anderson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Venables dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dalmazo. That did some damage!
Venables scores with a leg kick.
Good leg kick by Venables there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dalmazo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A thudding body kick lands there by Venables!
Venables throws a leg kick that is checked
and Dalmazo counters with a nice uppercut.
A slapping leg kick lands for Venables.
Venables misses with a hook
and Dalmazo counters with a nice body shot.
Venables throws a leg kick but Dalmazo checks it.
Venables throws a leg kick that misses.
Dalmazo on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Venables. Venables obviously looking to wear him down.
Venables scores with a leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dalmazo misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Venables throws a leg kick which misses Dalmazo's front leg but catches the back leg as Dalmazo tries to avoid it.
A good leg kick by Venables.
Venables throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Good leg kick by Venables there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Venables feints and then cracks Dalmazo's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dalmazo down.
Venables looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Venables lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Venables looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Venables scores with a push kick.
Venables throws a head kick that Dalmazo semi-blocks.
Dalmazo tries to clinch there but Venables circles away.
Venables goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Venables moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dalmazo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Dalmazo is looking to clinch but Venables is avoiding it.
An inside leg kick lands from Venables.
Dalmazo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Venables tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Venables misses with a low kick.
That kick from Venables tenderised Dalmazo's leg. Dalmazo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dalmazo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Dalmazo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Venables.
Dalmazo dodges the punch combination from Venables.
Venables thows a leg kick but Dalmazo checks it
and Dalmazo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venables throws a head kick that half lands.
Venables misses with a low kick.
It looked like Dalmazo was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Venables.
Venables wants to land a leg kick but Dalmazo is out of range.
Venables throws a leg kick
enabling Dalmazo to counter with a crisp jab.

Dalmazo clinches with his opponent.
Venables lands a nice uppercut.
Dalmazo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Venables backwards.

It looks like Joseph Venables has been cut.
Venables swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Venables blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Venables fails to land.
Venables working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Venables blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dalmazo swings wildly with an uppercut but Venables uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dalmazo tries a body shot but Venables blocks it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Venables lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dalmazo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Venables blocks a body shot from Dalmazo.
Venables lands a shoulder strike.
Venables misses with a short punch on the inside.
Dalmazo working aggressively here.

Venables escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Venables dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dalmazo. That did some damage!
Good leg kick by Venables there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Venables throws a shot from downtown. Dalmazo moves away and avoids it.
Venables buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Venables.
A nice inside leg kick there by Venables. That's going to slow Dalmazo down.
Joseph Venables seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Venables tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joseph Venables dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joseph Venables's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Dalmazo checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
An attempted straight right counter from Dalmazo misses the target.
Joseph Venables seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Venables fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Venables throws a good cross that connects.
Dalmazo lands the left hand.
Dalmazo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Venables can pounce on him.
Venables throws a low kick but Dalmazo avoids it.
Dalmazo was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Venables throws a sloppy head kick and Dalmazo moves out of range easily.
Venables stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Venables sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Dalmazo to the ground! Venables dives into full mount looking to finish!

Dalmazo is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dalmazo just holding on.
Oh Dalmazo is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Venables misses with a head shot.
Dalmazo seems to have got his legs back now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalmazo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Venables looking to control but Dalmazo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

Venables wants to finish this one by submission but Dalmazo is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Venables.
Dalmazo is working to get back to half guard.
Venables has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Venables misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Dalmazo wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Venables.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Venables throws some wild stikes that Dalmazo manages to avoid easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Venables throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Dalmazo because Venables loaded up on that one.
Venables breaks from Dalmazo's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Dalmazo's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Venables throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Venables throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Dalmazo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Venables on the ground.

Dalmazo defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Venables.
Venables thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Dalmazo really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Venables throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venables throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.

Venables is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Venables extends the arm and Dalmazo is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Joseph Venables!
During a confident post fight interview, Joseph Venables thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.